No systematic studies have been done on the nonindigenous marine invertebrates of Florida.

Carlton 1997

Just as
background, according to Dr. James Carlton, an expert in exotic
introductions, no systematic studies have been done on the nonindigenous
marine invertebrates of Florida. Because Tampa is a busy shipping port, it
would be advantageous to systematically examine the exotics there and around
the the rest of the coast of Florida as well.†
Iím sure you are well aware of how important it is to have baseline
data so you have something to compare new data or data collection in the
future to.